longbowman

Can any of you gun knowledgable people tell me what the "optimum" trigger pull should be for the average rifle shooter? I don't bench shoot other than to get ready for the season but I do like my rifle to be accurate.

Night Hawk 223

i would say 3 to 4 pounds

mounting man

I second Night Hawk.

driftrider

My personal preference is 1.5-2.5lbs, but to me minimal creep and a crisp, clean break are more important than just the total pull weight. I'd rather pull a trigger that breaks at a glass smooth 4lbs with little or no creep/overtravel than a gritty 2lb trigger with 1/8" of grinding creep and another 1/8" of overtravel.

The optimum trigger for my preference is around 2lbs, smooth and short.

Everybody is different, though. A trigger that feels good to you may not feel good to me and visa versa.

Mike

7mmaniac

3 to 4 lbs and properly adjusted for creep, etc. I have one rifle, a Rem 700, that is right at 2 1/4 lbs and have had a little trouble after shooting my others, reloading sessions. Have to really think about that trigger when hunting, very distracting. I believe it's important to feel the trigger on your finger to make a deliberate shot. Just my opinion. I'll have that trigger brought up with all my others. 3 lbs. On a typical hunting rifle, I think too light is worse than too heavy, within reason of course.

PaJack

All of my big game guns are set at 2.5 lb. an varmint guns are set at around 6 to 12 oz....

stubblejumper

My hunting rifles are all set at 44oz.

Ruger-Redhawk

I don't like mine to light. Most of mine are set around 3-3.5#'s

Ruger Redhawk

jmfa1957

If I am at a nice comfortable rifle range punching paper I sort of like a light 1.5-2.5 pound trigger pull. However, when I am out hunting, I sure don't care for much less than 3.5 pounds.

Sniper151

No less than 3 lbs. for hunting applications unless your one of a few that can consistantly make 250 yard plus shots. Even then, I would not go below 2 1/2 lbs.